About this collection

The Mayors of Grand Rapids collection contains photographs of nearly every mayor in the history of Grand Rapids dating back to the first mayor in 1850, Henry R. Williams. The photographs that make up this digital collection belong to various collections in the archives. Four mayors are not represented due to a lack of photographs: Ralph W. Cole (1851), William H. Withey (1852), John M. Fox (1856), and Henry S. Smith (1878).